Executive Editor

Robert M. Reece, M.D. is the Executive Editor of The Quarterly. Realizing the need for a timely, efficient way to keep up-to-date on the burgeoning amount of research impacting on the child maltreatment field, he founded the publication in 1993 under the auspices of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Dr. Reece brings his extensive experience as a practicing pediatrician, specialist in child abuse, professor, editor, lecturer, and researcher to the task of editing The Quarterly. He chooses the articles to be reviewed, reviews some himself, assigns others to Reviewers known for their expertise and knowledge of the subject, and edits the reviews, giving particular attention to the medical data being presented and its relevance to practical application.

Dr. Reece has been the recipient of many awards, including the “Outstanding Professional Award” presented by the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) in 1997, “The Award for Outstanding Service to Maltreated Children” presented by the Section on Child Abuse of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in 2000, and the Ray E. Helfer Society award for “Distinguished Contributions in the Field of Child Abuse and Neglect” in 2003.

Copies of Dr. Reece’s books, Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management - Third Edition ( eds. Reece RM, Christian C 2009, American Academy of Pediatrics), the monograph from government-sponsored conference Inflicted Childhood Neurotrauma (eds. Reece RM, Nicholson CE, 2003, American Academy of Pediatrics), and Treatment of Child Abuse: Common Ground for Mental Health, Medical and Legal Professionals (ed.Reece RM, 2000, Johns Hopkins University Press), are available through the American Academy of Pediatrics bookstore. www.aap.org/bookstore